TAKING GOOD CARE OF YOUR AK ENSURES YOUR WINNING

Takedown and Cleaning an AK47

1. Remove the magazine and set it aside.
2. Move the safety lever to "fire"
3. Pull back the bolt carrier lever and eject any round from the chamber.
4. While holding back bolt carrier lever, visually inspect the chamber to make sure it is empty.
5. Push the bolt carrier forward.
6. Press in the button on the rear of the receiver cover.
7. lift the rear of the receiver cover, disengage the front of the receiver cover from the slot in the rear sight housing. Pull the receiver cover free and set it aside.
8. Notice that the button you pressed in step 6 is the rear of a rod with a long spring around it that goes into the rear of the bolt carrier. Push the rear of that rod forward until it disengages from the rear of the receiver.
9. Lift the rod up and backward to remove it and its spring from the bolt carrier. Set the rod aside.
10.Push the bolt carrier lever to the rear and lift the bolt carrier upward to remove it and the bolt from the receiver.
11.Remove the bolt from the bolt carrier by moving the bolt forward and rotating it until comes free from the bolt carrier. Set the bolt and bolt carrier aside.
12.With a punch or your hand, rotate the lever on the right side of the r ear sight upward about 90 degrees.
13.Remove the gas tube and hand guard by lifting the the rear of the tube and disengaging the front of the tube from the barrel attachment it slides into. Set the gas tube aside.

Gun Cleaning Kits 308, 30-06, 7.62 - Package of 3 Kits

Gun Cleaning Kits 308, 30-06, 7.62 - Package of 3 Kits

Package of three universal military cleaning kits which include a weather proof pouch, small oil bottle, bore brushes for .30 and .45 caliber and small brushes for chamber and tight corners. Works for .308, .30-06, 7.62x39 and other .30 caliber rifles and handguns. Punch and drawstring all fit in a neat metal tobacco can for easy carrying. Original German surplus item came as standard issue with AK type rifles.

Easy right?
OK Here's more help with pictures and video;
NOTE - Pictures taken on a cut receiver which turned out to be too much disassembly,
DO NOT CUT YOUR RECEIVER

Takedown and Cleaning an AK47
Rear Stock is held on by two screws and TIGHT wood

On a real rifle use a rubber mallet
Rest the trigger guard on a table edge (padded)
Pull down hard on the stock
If more force is needed I use a few taps
to the receiver area to help jar the wood free
(Usually a folding stock will fit right in where the wood was if you get the correct type.)

Takedown and Cleaning an AK47
Now up front move this lever up and back to release the top hand guard

Takedown and Cleaning an AK47
Lever moved hand guard moving out

Takedown and Cleaning an AK47
Now we are headed to where the arrow is pointing

Takedown and Cleaning an AK47

Takedown and Cleaning an AK47
Flip this lever up and over to release the metal part that will slide fore ward on the barrel
(I wish I would have taken the cleaning rod out before I took the pic, act like you don't see it)

Now replacing the top hand guard wood is easy as heck but tough to explain so here's the explanation then watch the movie to see it done

Hold the metal part of the gas tube in your hand, then grab the wood also. like you would a sword or light saber. Now twist your hands like if you were going faster on a motorcycle. That twist will rotate the wood on the tube and poof it's off.